Sidi Zhao

Sidi Zhao is a PhD candidate in the Academic Cooperation Program at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, where involvement has been ongoing since July 2020. Concurrently, Sidi serves as an affiliate student at Berkeley Lab since July 2022. Previous academic roles include a teaching assistant position at the University of California, Merced, and graduate research assistantships at The University of Akron and Beijing University of Chemical Technology. Sidi's research experience encompasses projects involving high throughput polymerization equipment design, the utilization of animal-skin waste for porous carbon production, and the development of high dielectric performance composites. Academically, Sidi Zhao holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Engineering from the University of California, Merced, a Master’s in Polymer Science from The University of Akron, and a Bachelor of Engineering in Materials Science and Engineering from Beijing University of Chemical Technology.